Colleges, Long read

Ian Pryce, chief executive, Bedford College Group

Ian Pryce believes FE “hasn’t been good” at telling the story of how 30 years of college independence from...

Jessica Hill
Jessica Hill
Colleges

Foul play? Football club sues college

The club says the college failed to pay more than £110,000 to use football facilities

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges

Lawyers urge caution as colleges face £100,000 holiday pay ruling

Some colleges warned the ruling had already had a "significant adverse impact"

Joshua Stein
Joshua Stein
Colleges, Higher education

College group becomes first FE institution with permanent degree powers

The Office for Students deemed NCG worthy to award bachelors and masters degrees indefinitely this month

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
AEB, Colleges, Funding

ESFA to run special AEB allocations review for colleges

Reduced funding given to providers who underperformed the most during Covid

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges

Reclassification among reasons for considerably delayed college accounts

Annual financial statements should be published by January 31, but several are still yet to surface

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Pay

Colleges with the biggest pay gap between principals and staff revealed

Colleges defend ‘high’ gap between FE principal and staff salaries. Unions say it cannot continue

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Colleges

Revealed: 42 colleges and schools share £140m capacity cash ahead of demographic spike

Additional 260,000 students aged 16 to 19 expected to participate in education in the coming years

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Colleges, Industrial action

Ballot set for country-wide college strikes

Unless colleges come up with a ‘decent’ pay offer, ballots will begin in September

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel